St. Joseph's is back on top of the Division I volleyball playoff bracket.

The Redstickers, the Baton Rouge area's lone No. 1 seed this year, earned the position Monday for the first time since 2009, which was also the perennial title contender's most recent state championship.

The Baton Rouge area claimed three of the top five seeds in the Division I bracket with Ascension Parish rivals East Ascension and St. Amant beginning the tournament at No. 4 and No. 5, respectively.

All three teams will receive a first-round bye before meeting lower-seeded opponents.

"I'm so proud of our kids because they worked so hard through the whole season and all the injuries," St. Amant Coach Allison Leake said. "Coming into the season, we had high hopes, and we would've liked to have a higher seed if we were full force, but with everything that happened, the kids have done everything they could possibly do.

"At the end of the season, we started talking about how we really wanted to get into the No. 4 or 5 spot, and most of the season we were No. 7, so we knew the Spectacular tournament this weekend was going to be big for us, and they performed and did a good job. I couldn't have asked for any better place to be in."

St. Joseph's will face the winner of District 2-I rival No. 17 McKinley and No. 16 Terrebonne.

East Ascension could also see a league rival in the regional round if District 3-I foe No. 13 Dutchtown can beat No. 20 Central Lafourche.

St. Amant will face the winner of No. 12 Northshore and No. 21 Acadiana.

St. John, Ascension Christian and Dunham will all have first-round byes.

The Eagles will then host the winner of No. 11 St. Martin's and No. 22 Hosanna Christian.

"We all played each other," St. John Coach Chase Mancuso said of the cluster of area teams at Nos. 6-10. "We played Ascension Christian one. We played Catholic-Pointe Coupee twice in district. We played Ascension Catholic twice in district.

"I think it shows well in the area. Obviously we want to be able to get higher seeds, but it shows the parity in the area that we can be some of the names up there in a tough division."

Ascension Christian will play the winner of No. 10 Ascension Catholic and No. 23 South Plaquemines, while Dunham will draw Catholic-Pointe Coupee or No. 24 Lafayette Christian.